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I V/ VJ 4* _The Sunday Star-NewsPublished Every SundayBy The Wilmington Star-New*At The Murchison BuildingR. B. Page, Owner and PublisherTelephone All departmentsDIAL 3311_Entered as Second Class Matter at Wilmington N C Postoffice Under Act of Congresst0 ' of March 3, 1879 _Subscbiptiok Rates BT CabbiesPayable Weekly or in AdvanceJ CombinaStar News tioni . ...20 3 .15 3 .30J .* V... 2.60 1.95 3.90« Months . 6.20 3.90 7.80J “°anrth ;;;;;;.10.40 7.80 15.60News rates entitle subscriber to Sunday issueof Star-News_” ‘ By MailPayable Strictly in AdvanceCombinaStar News tion, „nTlth .3 -75 3 -50 5 .901 Month .. _ 2.00 1.50 2.753 Months ..... 4 00 3 00 6.506 Months .'- g 00 6.00 10.001 Year . ..—News rates entitle suDscriDer u> ”of Star-News_* (Daily Without Sunday)1 Month.. .? -50 6 Months .*3.00a Months. 1-50 1 Year . 6-00" (Sunday Only)1 Month ...-$-20 6 Months .11-25a Months:.'.65 12 Months . 2-SOCard of Thanks charged for at the rate ofas cents per line. Count five words to lineThe Associated PressIs entitled to the exclusive use of all newsstories appearing in The Sunday Star-New,SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1940_:-----—lStar-News ProgramConsolidated City-County Governmentunder Council-Manager Administration.Public Port Terminals.perfected Truck and Berry Preservingand Marketing Facilities.Arena for Sports and IndustrialShows.Seaside Highway from W rightsvilleBeach to Bald Head Island.Extension of City Limits.35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, wider Turning Basin, with ship lanes intoindustrial sites along Eastern banksouth of Wilmington.Paved River Road to Southport, viaOrton Plantation.Development of Pulp Wood Production through sustained-yield methodsthroughout Southeastern North Carolina.Unified Industrial and Resort Promotional Agency, supported by one,county-wide tax.Shipyards and Drydock.Negro Health Center for SoutheasternNorth Carolina, developed around theCommunity Hospital.Adeguate hospital facilities for whites.Junior High School.Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.Development of native grape growingthroughout Southeastern North Carolina.Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium.TOP 0’ THE MORNINGI have an idea that the Lord Jesus saw howmen were going to stumble over this doctrineof election, so after He had been thirty or fortyyears in Heaven, He came down one Lord'sday in Patmos, and said to John, “Write thesethings unto the churches.” John kept onwriting. His pen flew fast. And then, just ashe was about to finish, the Lord said: “John,before you close the book put in one more invitation: The Spirit and bride say, Come.And let him that heareth say, Come. And lethim that is athirst come. And whosoeverwill, let him take the water of life freely.”—D. L. MOOTY.THE ITALIAN TERMSOn their surface the terms of the Franco-Italian armistice seem surprisingly generous tobeaten France, especially so when comparedwith the harsh exactions insisted upon by theGermans.Mussolini may appear to have exercised aremarkable moderation in making no mentionof Nice, Savoy or Corsica. In Africa he wascontent with the use of the French port of Jibuti, in French Somaliland, and the demilitarization of zones along the borders of FrenchMediterranean ports as Hitler is to occupyFrench Atlantic ports. His troops are to remainin control of only that email part of the Frenchborder they may have taken by force of arms.But these modest impositions cannot hide thefact that the armistice strips France of the power to resist whatever Italian demands are madelater. The German terms virtually denudedher of her armed forces and the material theymust have. Th Italian terms round out the picture. There is to be no French army capable offighting. The French naval bases on the Mediterranean are to be made useless. French navalunits on the sea are to be handed over,‘if thPetain govrnment can manage to get its ordersobeyed, which at present is doubtful, and eventhough it is denied that Italy intends to takethe fleet when the war is over there is noguarantee on this point.Clearly, France is at the mercy of the twoconquerors. She can rise again only by theirconsent. And we may judge how much clemency the French can expect by the fact, now madeclear, that Hitler means to keep Part of theFrench west coast. Mussolini’s terms may notseem severe, but only a British victory can prevent him from presenting his real reckoninglater on..... . a# I/aBRAND RETIRESTN RETIRING to Private life today,. JamesNeveland Brand completes 5l years of continuous service with the Atlantic Coast Lineand its predecessor, the Charleston, Sumterand Northern Railroad.His life is the story of the country boy ina large family in a small community offeringlittle opportunity, who, despite the handicapsof environments, early learned that life givesback in an unvarying equation, only what isput into it. Faithful, energetic service, integrity, a capacity to learn and a consumingcuriosity to know what put the man ahead inhis position, have carried him from telegraphoperator to assistant vice president of one ofthe largest railroad systems of the country.What an answer this is to the boys who thinkthat they should start at the top!It was in 1889 that Mr. Brand was taken onas a telegraph operator by the C. M. & N. atSumter, S. C., his home town. This was whenhis continuous service began, but he had madean earlier start, as messenger at 11, and laterserved the Western Union, w'here he learnedtelegraphy, and, as a sideline, was tutored forfour years at nights with the ambition to enter the Citadel military school, then, as now,an outstanding educational institution. Hedid not realize his ambition to wear a uniform, chiefly because day work and nightstudy were too much for a lad of his years,and the necessity of earning a living had tobe given right of way. From 1889 to 1894 headvanced from telegrapher successively to theposts of chief clerk to the general manager,train dispatcher and trainmaster. In the latter year he was made chief clerk to the superintendent of transportation of the A. C. L. atWilmington.In 1902-03 he was assistant superintendentof transportation at Wilmington; 1903-07, superintendent at Savannah; 1907-14, general superintendent of the second division at Savannah; 1915, general superintendent, third division, Jacksonville; on November 16, 1915, appointed assistant general manager of the A.C. L. at Wilmington. His rise to high executive duties came on April 17, 192S, when hewas elected general manager, with headquarters at Wilmington, and on October 23, 1936,assistant vice president. It is from this officehe retires today.During this busy career he has found timeto serve as general manager of the Charleston& Western railway; general manager, BeltLine railroad, Montgomery, Ala.; director, Augusta Union Station company, Augusta, Ga.; director, Augusta & Summerville railroad, and director and vice president. Savannah River Terminal company of Augusta—all subsidiaries ofthe A. C. L. system.Mr. Brand plans now to travel a bit, takelife easy, as he well deserves to do, and enjoy• ,, this sunset years in the kind of playing hepreviously lacked time for. W'ilmington is gladto learn that he will continue to make his homehere.Happy days, Mr. Brand.WHERE HELP IS NEEDEDHenry Ford’s refusal to buiid airplane engines for Great Britain has served to redirectAmerican attention to the question of aidingEngland at all in her hour of gravest peril.There is a strong feeling in many quartersthat America has all it can do to perfect itsown defenses and that to provide war materialof whatever nature to England would be tohandicap our defense effort. There is, of course,some support for this view, but those who holdto it fail to grasp the significance of the fightof England against the Axis powers.The battle is not England’s alone. It is oursas well. For if England fails and the dictators win out, the burden which was too heavyfor England will descend upon us. It is impossible to believe that the conquerors of Europe, unless they get to fighting among themselves, will not plot a campaign against theAmerican continents, as the only remainingoutpost ot democracy.A British surrender will inevitably bringAmerica into war with the totalitarian powersot Europe. American aid, therefore, to the British in their stand against Hitleb and Mussolinibecomes a matter of self interest. A war wonin Europe by Great Britain is our surest meansof escaping war in America.And surrender of Great Britain, with her ownfleet and what she is able to salvage of theFrench navy, would leave us in a deplorabledefense situation. Unlss we could completenaval strength equal to that of Germany, Italyand Japan, our shores would be exceedinglyvulnerable. In battleships, cruisers, aircraftcarriers, destroyers and submarines, the AxisPowers and Japan count 637 bottoms. Againstthis formidable array we now count 279. ifwe were required to face these combined seaforces today we could muster only about a thirdof their strength. If Hitleb should be victoriousover Great Britain and take over the Frenchand British fleets, totalitarian navies would berecruited by 476 warships. What could we hopeto do against such a fleet, even with the biggestnavy we might build?Whatever the United States can do to makeBritain's victory possible is obviously a majorduty.A GREATER FOE COMINGAs possibilities of a clash among the dictatorsof Europe become more and more apparentthrough Russia’s steal of Bessarabia and theHungarian and Bulgarian demands upon Rumania, a new foe Is soon to rear its grim head onthe continent.Famine is not far ahead. And in its wakeis pestilence. Not even the might of Hitleb isgreat enough to win a victory over this dreadenemy and its destructive ally. What his triumphant armies have done to ruin Europe arechild’s play in comparison with the desolationthat hunger and disease are to bring, if thewar continues much longer and Great Britainfalls.The farmers of much continental Europehave been soldiering or manufacturing munitions instead of Planting and making crops.Food supplies in the conquered countries are already running low. Industrialized lands, suchas Holland and Belgium, are not capable of providing the necessities of physical life for theirpeoples even in the best of times. Now theyare dependent wholly upon what food they canobtain from the conqurors, who care little ifthey starve and less if they die. "France hasused up its manpower on the battlefields of itsprostrate north and the population still alive isnot capable of producing crops out of season.Denmark’s storehouses are commandered by theGermans. England is not able to subsist on theyield of its own soil. Germany, so long engagedin war preparation and prosecution, is feeling+ /-if ♦ Vi/-i A llin/1 hlnplroHa urliinli \To7i vif.tories on the mainland have not succeeded inbreaking. Millions upon millions of people areon short rations, which will be more and morecurtailed as time goes on.When food is scarce and bodies lack normalsustenance, disease finds easy entry at any do- •.When the land is filled with unburied dead,when streams are polluted with decaying flesh,and medical supplies are as lacking as foodsupplies, epidemics spread like wildfire. Thisis what Europe faces. This is what Hitler hasbrought upon his own people and the peoples ofmany other lands. This is what proves thateven he, with all his vaunted might, cannotwin.The Red Cross is doing a noble work in relieving suffering and staving off famine anddisease in conquered territory. It cannot hopeto save all of Europe's needy refugees. But itis going forward with its labor of mercy asbest it can with the funds Americans are making available. Its effort will be more effectiveif we sacrifice a little of our comfort and increase our contributions.Wilmington has not yet topped the .^oal setby Red Cross headquarters as our fair quota.Surely we can make up the deficiency if we try.--—Bruce Catton sIn Washington'WASHINTON, June 29. — Nobody was eversorer over that New Jersey shipyard strike whichtied up warship construction than was the C. I. O.command here in Washington.Real story, it now develops, is this: The unionmet to consider the negotiating committee's proposals on Memorial Day night. Quite a few ofthe boys were full of holiday cheer. One member made a "blast the bosses" speech, everybodywhooped and hollered, and a strike vote gotpassed.In the cold gray dawn nobody knew just howit happened.The appalled Washington C. I. O. crowd sentword the whole outfit would be disowned unlessthe thing was called off — and settlement waseasy.* * •MANY ALIENS IN AMERICAN CREWSOne of the fifth column possibilities which hasworried a number of people here has to do withthe presence of a large number of aliens in thecrews of American merchant ships.Some fairly fantastic stories are in circulation.One is that the Communists have worked out acourier system for the transmission of orders,reports and what not all over the new world bymeans of carefully planted seamen on Americanships. Another holds that guns and agitatorshave been smuggled into Latin-American countries by the same means in recent mouths. Stillmother hints at plans for sabotaging the defenseprogram by fomenting strikes on certain essentialtrade routes.Ihe government aims to head off any possibletrouble, and FDR has asked Congress to give theBureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation$236,000 for the job.* * ♦LEAHY WANTS DEFENSE POSTIt’s an open secret that retired Admiral William D. Leahy, governor of Puerto Rico, would 'be happy to give up his job for some spot inthe national defense program.Leahy set out to do a real job on the islandand got disillusioned. FDR promised him 100 percent support. With that, and his own past success in getting things through Congress whenhe was running the fleet, Leahy had high hopes.He asked for a big boost in the island’s sugarttuota and a change in the wage-hour law. Administration support vanished, and Leahy foundthat getting congressmen to give things to thenavy was one thing and getting them to buckthe lobbies for the sake of a far-away, votelessterritory was another.All he got .finally, was some extra WPA money—and a lot of headaches.* * *NATIONS TO WATCHThe navy's dispatch of a second "good will”cruiser to South America is simply visible evidence of the profound concern felt in high government circles over the prospects for Nazi outbreaks of one kind or another.One man who is close to the picture offers thistip: Don't be surprised at anything that mayhappen in any of the following countries—Mexico,Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru.* * *CAMERAMEN WALK OUT ON JOHN LEWISJohn L. Lewis ran into a walkout when theC. I. O. executive committee met here ... a walkout of cameramen. »The lads with cameras walked in to photographLewis and other C. I. O. leaders in Lewis’ office.One of them asked that the group get closer together so the cameras could get everybody. 1Lewis said something about the boys taking it ias was or not at all.It was not at all. They marched out. '■____ iMore than ever we must work for a united iAmerica capable of defending its sovereignty. <Gen. Goes Monteiro, Brazilian chief of staff. tBook HighlightsYou can put down “LillianRussell—The Era of Plush” byParker Morell (RandomHouse: $3) as top-notch biography. It is as readable asthe original American glamorgirl was fabulous. Lillian Russell’s vogue lasted 40 years,she was the most photographedwoman in the world. She became a celebrity and a legend,more lavish in her living thana queen. Together with Diamond Jim Brady, Gilbert andSullivan, Lilly Langtry. Weberand Fields and scores of othercharacters of the age of gaslights and buggy riding, MissRussell sweeps tl.'cugh thisbook, or rides as described inthe following brief excerpt.Scornful of the ordinary commercial products, the ostentatiousBrady ordered gold-plated bicyclesand kept an electroplater’s shopbusy regilding each of them everytwo weeks. One bicycle maker witha flare for advertising made a similar machine for Lillian and preOV.1HCU Jl- UV1 YV1H1ments. On its handlebar was hermonogram in diamonds and emeralds. Her pride in this vehicle wasmade svident when she ordered .ahuge plush-lined case, with “Lillian Russell” painted in bold whiteletters on the sides. On tour it wasalways an object of wonder whichnever earned her less than a halfcolumn story in the newspapers.On Sundays, when she was inNew York, Lilian often went fora spin in the park with DiamondJim. Sometimes she would takeher gold machine out of its plushcase, and sometimes she wouldtake the middle seat of Brady’sbig triplet.Not to be outdone by the tandem, the bicycle celebrated in themost popular song of the day bythe phrase, “A Bicycle Built forTwo.” Brady ordered a three-seater. To see Lillian in the middleseat and Jim, glittering with diamonds that might have served asheadlights, steering, while someenvied friends brought up the rear,was a sight that stopped all traffic. iMedical CareBY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.A patient writes “I have beentold that my sciatica is due to aprotruded intervertebral disk. Willyou please explain what thismeans?”The backbone is composed of aseries of (superimposed separatebones. Between each one is a cartilaginous disk called the “intervertebral disk.” Recent studieshave indicated that in certain caseslow back pain and sciatica may bedue to dislocation of this cartilaginous disk. The condition is knownas “protruded intervertebral disk.”A considerable difference of opinion has been expressed as to howoften it occurs. Probably a verylow percentage—not more than 2per cent of all cases of low backpain. Such cases of sciatica orlow back pain as are caused bythis condition are always precededby injury or accident. Reports saythat surgical removal of the diskis followed by relief.It certainly indicates that whosver made this diagnosis isan alert and up-to-date physician,but it is to be hoped that gossip onthis subject will not spread toorapidly among nervous patientsMost cases of low back pain arerelieved by manipulations and by-est. warmth, light treatment andliathermy.* * *What is the best solution to use•or the prevention of athlete’s footn shower baths, by the sides ofoools, and other such purposes?A one per cent solution of solium hypochlorite. Another solu:ion used is calcium hypchloriten a two per cent solution. This islypochlorite but there have been10 careful studies on the capacityif calcium hypochlorite to kill ringvorm. It is also more irritating toissues.Sodium hypochlorite is conveniently purchased in metal chemical:arboys in 20 per cent strength,rhis is diluted twenty to one forilacing in footbaths and the soluion should be changed every secmd or third day. The approximatelost per change should be about10 or 15 cents, depending on thesize of the footbath.* * *A diabetic or a person who isoverweight, who uses saccharinregularly asks whether its continued use is accompanied by anylarm.No. This subject has been careiilly investigated by a number ofvorkers, and except in extremelyarge doses, no harmful effect has;ver been proved from its use.rhe average amount of saccharinised is about a half a grain in a:up of coffee, making one and one- :lalf grains a day the average doserhis. can be continued for an inlefinite period.There are plenty of diabetic paents who have used Saccharin 'or years and can testify to this’act. j iCensus Work In N. C. !Far From Completed ]RALEIGH, June 29 —(yF)-_ nisrict census offices throughout the *date will close tonight and the *rlaleigh area office will ht *leadquarters tor <E. A. Hughes, state 1;aid he did not know whe”3^.Turns TaTb^Se?^ 'Tystart°APriei r = as:2 a_ _ JIn Convention Assembled, Philadelphia, 1940=_rdNew Brooklyn Homes DedicationExercises Planned Here July 3The completion of Wilmington’sfirst step in the direction of caringfor its “one third ... ill housed”will be observed Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock when dedicationexercises are held at New Brooklyn Homes, first low rent housingproject to be completed in NorthCarolina.Associate Justice A. A. F. Seawell, of the North Carolina Supreme court, will be principalspeaker on a program to be sharedby Dr. Robert C. Weaver, racialrelations adviser of the USHA, andJohn P. Broome, regional director.Mayor Thomas E. Cooper willpreside.A speaker’s stand will be erectedin the court at Fifth and Nixonstreets.The affair will be opened withthe invocation by the Rev. WalterB. Freed, a member of theHACOW. William B. Campbell, attorney for the local body, willspeak briefly.J. E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works, will discuss,“Relations Between the City ofWilmington and the Housing Authority.”Theodore S. Johnson, of Raleigh,president of the North CarolinaCouncil of Housing Authorities,will bring greetings from other cities in the state, as Broome willbring greetings from the USHA.The Rev. O. E. Holder, memberof the local negro advisory committee, will talk on “New BrooklynProject As it Relates to the NegroRace in Wilmington.”Dr. Weaver will talk on "Rehousing Low Income Negroes Under the USHA Plan.”After Justice Seawell’s address,the ceremonies will end.Beginning at 1 o’clock at tfceOcean Terrace hotel, WrightsviUeBeach, members of the NCHAwill attend a luncheon. A businesssession will be held at 2:30 o’clock.Johnson will preside. 1—Aviation Plants, Irked At U. 5.Delay, Await Full-Speed Order(By The Associated Press)The aviation industry, tooling toturn out an ever increasing numberof airplanes for defense and commerce, still is waiting for "fullspeed ahead” orders from Washington. industry leaders declared today.Spokesmen for the industry envisioned further delay in drawing upcontracts. They declared care mustbe taken to avoid "milking” aviation companies financially and leaving them “dry” at the end of a fewhectic years of defense effort.While America's capacity for turning out airplanes has doubled in thelast year, army engineers say thatthere should be no talk of "massproduction" in aviation."We are hoping for machine proluction to replace hand production iniviation,” one officer said, "but certainly not for mass production.”“Would you expect mass production of automobiles if the industryplanned to turn out less than 50,000cars—and those of ten of twelve different models?”President Roosevelt has set 50,000planes as the ultimate goal of theAmerican air defense effort.The spokesman of the aviation industry laid the blame for delay, noton the army and navy, but on thecongress, which they declared hadtaken almost six weeks to put into1 a w Prseident Roosevelt’s latestemergency defense proposals.Nub of the contract problem, theydeclared, is the seven per cent limitation on profits imposed by congress in a bill intended to speed updefense works.While congressmen defended thelimitation as a necessary guaranteeagainst “war millionaires,” industryspokesmen declared it made necessary careful study of "amortization”schedules in all contracts."Amortization,” means the gradual writing-off, in the price ofplanes, of the capital investmentnecessary to expand plants to meetthe needs of national defense. iSouth America, Trade SlashedBy War, Looks Now To U. S.BUENOS AIRES—(Correspondenceit The Associated Press)—Businessind governmental leaders throughout the 20 Latin American repubics, all threatened with economicind political domination because of;he triumphant march of the Gernan army, are looking today toWashington for guidance anditrength.All these leaders, finding themelves on the brink of the unknown,mint out with varying degrees ofemphasis that the fall of Franceind the new challenge to Britishtastery of the seas have enormousignificance in Latin America.The British navy has policed theworld’s sea ways and implementedhe Monroe Doctrine.Behind that police power and thatoctrlne, these sources declare, theVestern Hemisphere has achieved^dependence and wealth.The wealth is immediately threatned, based as it is upon the exortation of staples and mineralsrhich go mainly to Europe andpon certain fundamental business^sumptions that are being destroyed on the European continent byrevolutionary Nazi doctrines.In Buenos Aires, Rio Janeiro, Santiago, La Paz, Asuncion and Montevideo the export figures for- thefirs: five months of this year compared with the same period for 1939show that southern South America’strade has been “doing a tailspin’*during the European war.For some of these cities. Europe’sbelligerents have for generationsbeen the principal markets.Argentina grew rich sellinggrains, meat, wool, hides and otherproducts to the United Kingdom.Seventy-five per cent of Uruguay'sexports went to Great Britain andFrance.Germany has been Brazil’s latterday main market in a lively rivalrywith the United States and GreatBritain.Bolivia’s "staff of life” is exporttin, which goes almost wholly toGreat Britain and is operated by international cartel.Poison ivy is active in the winteris well as the summer.YourOpinionBY GLADYS BEST TKIPPQuestion for today: Do you thinkthe United States should have compulsory military training. Why?What's your opinion? Here'swhat some of Wilmington's populace believe—“Contrary to constitutionalrights” commented Hugh Humphrey, photographer and engraveras he denounced the idea of compulsory military training in theUnited States.“The Bill of Rights preciselystates that each person is entitledto life, liberty and the pursuit ofhappiness. And compulsory military training would destroy thatliberty”Humphrey pointed out thatenough men of the accepted agewould gladly respond to America';call for arms if army and navywages were raised sufficient}' tojustify leaving salaries at home,Of the same opinion was HarryGriffin, manager of Tom McAmsshoe store. “What about the wivesand children?” he asked. "A manwith four or five kids can’t expectto support them in their accustomed manner by the wages he wouldreceive in camp. And then thejobs — what's happening to themwhile we’re gone?”Griffin feels that compulsorymilitary training will upset thewhole American scheme ot living,and in this capitalistic system thebusiness men who were beyond tr.tage for attending camp wouldgradually crowd out the enlistemen by making use of the camping time.And now for the other side-'“Compulsory training will fl‘-jvital lack in America." prophesylames Allegood, advertise*manager of The Star-News. eleed discipline and unity.The unemployment pr°bl®vould be gone, says Allegood, >r‘raining would product men “0‘shiftless boys. He addedAmerica has been asleep forast 20 years, and althoughnay not need the army and nor war purposes we will a» .>e prepared. . „“I’m all for military training:aid Paul Mintz, lumber rmvorker, as he did his Satu .__--We needhave a strong army and na'v, Hand I’m willing to do my P . K“It’s too late for cornpuW»military training.” replied re ‘ B:ly-graduated Mac Nisbet from ■University of North Carolina- „ Hshould have been done long ■Nisbet added that he is r.o tii«ever in favor of continuoustary training during Peaatimes. He thinks that the mo ■a semi-crisis arises is the 11 ■■begin training. Nisbet has k ■■signed up for the United 1 ■naval reserve supply cot-?*- ■Two ‘Pony Pennings ■Planned On OuterBEAUFORT, June 29 —“pony pennings” will be hethe Outer Banks soon. ■The first will be at Dia!™MPen on Cape Lookout July Hthe other at Ocracoke IslandI ail'- ■Ihe latter will include and i ■pendence Day celebration.“Pony Pennings” are rounch*pf the wild ponies that roam Mwindswept banks ■